Acumen LLC has multiple positions available for the position of Data and Policy Analyst in Burlingame, California and various unanticipated locations throughout the USA.   Prepare descriptive statistics for public and health care policy in draft form. With support from more senior employees, coordinate project activities and communications among diverse groups of internal and external clients and team members. Draft interpretations of study specifications, research findings, and quantitative analyses for relevant audiences. Develop research files from large confidential datasets, such as health care claims, patient assessment data, enrollment data, and payment data. Prepare project reports, memos, presentations, and proposals. Assist with delivering technical assistance and presenting findings to clients. Assist more senior employees in research planning and coordinating tasks. Assist in facilitating employee development and implementation of plans for completing work. Assist...

Acumen LLC has multiple positions available for the position of Data Engineer in Burlingame, California and various unanticipated locations throughout the USA.  Develop, maintain, and optimize data pipelines for healthcare research. Create, maintain, and possess thorough knowledge of specific areas of the company's data infrastructure. Work with Medicare claims and enrollment data warehouse in SAS and Spark. Integrate new data sources or data designs into the company’s data management systems. Verify the integrity of data by performing data validation checks across multiple data sources and develop authoritative validation methods through building metadata tables to check for internal and external data consistency. Create and maintain documentation that helps both internal and external users understand the company’s data and available research tools, including ETL pipeline documentation, query application user guide documentation, and linkage methodology. Support the work of...

Acumen LLC has multiple positions available for the position of Research Operations Analyst in Burlingame, California and various unanticipated locations throughout the USA.   Create content and resources that support the company's research in health, economic, and social policy. Develop and institutionalize internal resources, knowledge, examples, standards, processes, and tools for the research staff. Create and maintain documentation, research files, and programs, for general use by researchers. Identify, scope, and prioritize research needs by working with research teams. Research, interpret, and communicate project specifications. Identify best practices, processes, and structures for research products. Provide operational support for research teams and ensure the teams fulfill their responsibilities. Organize, track, and document team activities, as well as coordinate with external parties and other groups at the company. Track interactions with researchers, project steps,...

Acumen LLC has multiple positions available for the position of Software Product Analyst in Burlingame, California and various unanticipated locations throughout the USA.   Analyze software to enhance existing products that reflect user requirements and parallel overall business strategies. Review and develop an understanding of system and user needs, and new technologies. Facilitate updates through the change management process and review by identifying changes that require security and business review, preparing requests for security analysis, and coordinating with various internal company stakeholders to address changes and concerns from the Change Control Board. Work with software designers on product solutions for stakeholders, including identifying and prioritizing product requirements and soliciting feedback from stakeholders. Develop requirements documents, functional specifications, and mock-ups to clearly illustrate product ideas and concepts, as well as participate in...

ACUMEN, LLC has multiple positions available for AppDev DevOps Engineer II in Burlingame, CA and various unanticipated locations throughout the USA. Work on moderate to complex tasks in support of a project that requires a singular area of expertise. Develop and build IT solutions to meet business, technical and security requirements. Help develop company standards and baselines for the use, installation, and configuration of the technology. Install and configure solutions. Translate business and technical requirements into test cases, test scenarios and scripts. Develop and/or implement reusable components. Perform script maintenance and updates due to changes in requirements or implementations. Assist with the set up and maintenance of development, testing and production environments for both manual and automated testing. Work as a project team member, or independently on small projects. Code and document custom test automation frameworks. Maintain new and existing object...

ACUMEN, LLC has multiple positions available for AppDev Product Manager II in Burlingame, CA and and various unanticipated locations throughout the USA. The AppDev Product Manager II will work closely with AppDev clients to understand their priorities, the goals of the end-user, and requirements for the product requested for development. Develop knowledge of client’s research area or domain, potentially including data sources and methodologies for data products. Translate high-level requirements into functional product requirements, defines them as user stories following agile principles, and continually maintains the product backlog. Communicate regularly with all groups involved in product development (product owners/clients, designers, developers, QA) about updates, questions, and specifications. Assist in the quality control process in release of the teams’ products.    To submit your resume and transcripts, select "Apply To This Job" below and...

Acumen, LLC is seeking a Research Project Coordinator who is interested in working in a large multi-disciplinary team. This role is particularly suited for individuals interested or skilled at project management and coordination; business development, working with multi-disciplinary teams; and demonstrated experience or interest in working on government contracts.   The Research Project Coordinator is responsible for aspects of team and project management across the contract requirements. This includes, but is not limited to, project operations support, management of contract requirements, proposal coordination, project budgets, and team training.    Specifically, you will perform some combination of the following job functions: Coordinate proposal development/submissions and draft proposal sections related to project management and staffing. Track and report on project activities with a view towards timely follow-up and completion....

As an Operations Coordinator, you will play a critical role in scaling the group’s activities to meet the growing needs of Acumen’s research teams. Both the challenge and excitement of the role lies in the flexibility it requires. You will get exposed to new types of skills, responsibilities, topics, and collaborators on a daily basis. In return, we ask that you leverage these abilities to work on important projects whose outcomes can affect the trajectory of the company.   Responsibilities: The Operations Coordinator is responsible for balancing day-to-day requests while continuing to advance the team’s broader objectives and initiatives. Specifically, you will: Work across research teams to understand their needs and workflow Diagnose problems faced by research teams and develop recommendations using data Contribute to developing and updating resources for Acumen’s research teams Identify gaps or shortcomings...

At Acumen, LLC / The SPHERE Institute, Data and Policy Analysts provide analytical support for research and consulting projects for government and private clients, primarily in the area of health policy. This position is responsible for managing and analyzing data, researching and interpreting policy, and communicating findings to multiple audiences.   Data and Policy Analysts perform a wide array of functions as part of the research process. Those applicants interested in focusing on statistical programming help create and report descriptive statistic, conduct econometric and statistical analyses of data using statistical software such as SAS and STATA, interpret study specifications, research findings, and quantitative analyses for relevant audiences, develop research files from large confidential datasets, and perform other duties as assigned.   As we review your materials, we are looking for candidates who best exemplify the following qualifications:...

The Information Technology (IT) group is critical to the performance of Acumen’s software developers, data researchers, and enterprise clients. We engineer solutions across a range of technologies while collaborating to address the emerging needs and unique challenges faced by our varied projects and teams.  IT has an integral role to empower the developer, research, security and business operatives with the information and tools they need, which means our group’s responsibilities span everything from data center infrastructure, to software deployment, to organizing technical solutions with Acumen’s research departments.  We hire talented people who thrive on solving hard problems and give them opportunities to hone new skills, try new approaches, and grow in new directions.   The Network Engineer position provides technical and management expertise to support multiple areas of the technical operating environment.  This position plays a...

The Administrative Assistant position provides support to all departments in the company by completing a variety of administrative, clerical, reception, and project-based work.      Under direct supervision, the Administrative Assistant performs the following job functions with a focus on one or both of the following areas: Office Administration:  Performs the following tasks related to office administration: Greets visitors and answers and screens incoming calls Receives, sorts, and routes all incoming mail and deliveries Responds to inquiries received via phone, mail, and/or email or appropriately routes them to senior Administrative employees Organizes and maintains paper and electronic files Performs general administrative duties such as copying, faxing, and filing Tracks and purchases office and kitchen supplies after receiving purchasing approval Maintains conference rooms,...

Acumen, LLC/The SPHERE Institute seek new and experienced Ph.D. candidates for our Policy Associate position.  The ideal candidate will lead as well as support our research staff in data analysis and communication tasks for current and future contracts with government agencies.  We are looking for individuals interested in monitoring and improving public health policy by conducting quantitative analyses, interacting with clients, writing reports, and directing statistical programmers. The successful candidate will have opportunities to manage projects, support proposal writing, and manage priorities and staff in a high growth, fast-paced environment.  Strong econometric modeling skills and experience with large administrative datasets is preferred.   Acumen LLC/The SPHERE Institute has expertise in topics such as: value-based purchasing, real-time policy monitoring and evaluation, drug safety, drug pricing, expenditure forecasting, comparative...

At Acumen, LLC / The SPHERE Institute, Data and Policy Analysts provide analytical support for research and consulting projects for government and private clients, primarily in the area of health policy. This position is responsible for managing and analyzing data, researching and interpreting policy, and communicating findings to multiple audiences.   Data and Policy Analysts perform a wide array of functions as part of the research process. Those applicants interested in focusing on writing/coordinating will help create and report descriptive statistics, conduct literature searches, independent research and summarize findings, coordinate project activities and communications among diverse groups of internal and external clients and team members, interpret study specifications, research findings and quantitative analyses for relevant audiences, prepare project reports, memos, presentations and proposals, deliver technical assistance and presenting findings to clients,...